A Russian man has been rescued after surviving 67 days adrift within the chilly Sea of Okhotsk. Sadly, his brother and nephew, who had been with him through the ordeal, didn’t survive. Â
The survivor, 46-year-old Mikhail Pichugin, was found on October 14 by a passing fishing boat close to the Kamchatka Peninsula. A video of the rescue reveals Pichugin on a small catamaran-like boat, waving a pink flag to sign for assist. Though weak and emaciated, he was aware when discovered.
Pichugin had set off on August 9 together with his brother Sergei, aged 49, and his 15-year-old nephew Ilya, from the Khabarovsk area in jap Russia. The trio was on a whale-watching journey across the Shantar Islands, however contact with them was misplaced shortly after their journey started. A search effort was launched, however rescuers had been unable to find the boat for over two months.
When Pichugin was lastly discovered, the our bodies of his brother and nephew had been nonetheless on board the boat. His spouse instructed Russian media that Mikhail’s weight—round 100 kg (220 lbs)—may need performed an element in his survival. The group had packed sufficient meals for about two weeks, however they ended up stranded at sea for for much longer.
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Authorities are actually investigating potential security violations that will have contributed to the deaths of Pichugin’s members of the family. Mikhail was taken to a hospital in Magadan for medical therapy and is predicted to get well from his ordeal.
(With inputs from The Moscow Instances, CNN)
